AtDDtA(15): The Structures They Remembered

[Dave Monroe]

   "In recent years the University had expanded well beyond the
memories of older alumni, who, returning, found Chicago-style ironwork
and modern balloon-framing among--even in place of--the structures
they remembered ...." (AtD, Pt. II, p. 406)


"Chicago-style ironwork"

E.g., ...

http://www.urbanremainschicago.com/default.aspx?pageID=42


"modern balloon-framing"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_balloon#Thought_bubbles

But also ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necker_cube

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/NeckerCube.html

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/relativism/supplement1.html

http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/kuhnbook.gif

Cf. "the more looming and boxlike dormitories," as well as ...


"the structures they remembered"

Kuhn, Thomas S.  The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.
   Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1962.

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/13220.ctl

http://www.des.emory.edu/mfp/Kuhn.html

http://philosophy.wisc.edu/forster/220/kuhn.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions

http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/us/kuhn.htm


"The West Gate, intended to frame equinoctial sunsets, still retained
two flanking towers of rusticated stone and Gothical aspect ..."

Main Entry: equi·noc·tial
Pronunciation: "E-kw&-'näk-sh&l, "e-
Function: adjective
1 : relating to an equinox or to a state or the time of equal day and night
2 : relating to the regions or climate on or near the equator
3 : relating to the time when the sun passes an equinoctial point

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox

Main Entry: Goth·ic
Pronunciation: 'gä-thik
Function: adjective
1 a : of, relating to, or resembling the Goths , their civilization,
or their language b : TEUTONIC, GERMANIC c : MEDIEVAL 1 d : UNCOUTH,
BARBAROUS
2 a : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of
architecture developed in northern France and spreading through
western Europe from the middle of the 12th century to the early 16th
century that is characterized by the converging of weights and strains
at isolated points upon slender vertical piers and counterbalancing
buttresses and by pointed arches and vaulting b : of or relating to an
architectural style reflecting the influence of the medieval Gothic
3 often not capitalized : of or relating to a style of fiction
characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings and macabre,
mysterious, or violent incidents

Main Entry: Gothic Revival
Function: noun
: an artistic style or movement of the 18th and 19th centuries
inspired by and imitative of the Gothic style especially in
architecture

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary


"managing somehow [...] to present an aspect of terrible antiquity ..."

Astronomical Alignments of Ancient Structures

http://www.world-mysteries.com/alignments/mpl_al2c.htm